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in broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas certainly going to have you with us now the leader of iraqi kurdistan has said that his fighters could intervene to protect kurds in neighboring syria who are facing daily attacks from rebel forces linked factions which initially flooded into syria to fight the assad government are now preparing to declare an islamist state in the country's north east and the kurdish minority is in their way party's policy or reports. we've been speaking to eyewitnesses relatives and also kurdish journalists and from the sequence of events that we've been able to piece together that coming nineteenth of july you had an assault by islamist extremists at that stage they placed a bomb in a local kurdish school they also rounded up and abducted a number of civilians the very next day and number of kurdish houses in various kurdish enclaves were blown up there was also an entire kurdish village that was destroyed and some five hundred people were kidnapped that violence continued into early august when you have the report of killing
in broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas certainly going to have you with us now the leader of iraqi kurdistan has said that his fighters could intervene to protect kurds in neighboring syria who are facing daily attacks from rebel forces linked factions which initially flooded into syria to fight the assad government are now preparing to declare an islamist state in the country's north east and the kurdish minority is in their way party's policy or reports....
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between the two countries or to correspondents or a for us in the meantime former m i five officer sean or she says despite the fact that close cooperation between the u.s. and u.k. intelligence is nothing new the latest revelations do show it all in a rather different dimension one thing that people tend to forget is there is an old program of mutual assistance which was called echelon which was exposed in the one nine hundred eighty s. and then fed into the european parliament in the one nine hundred ninety s. which led to a report that said that europe should develop its own standalone internet infrastructure not depend on the u.s. infrastructure of course this came out just before nine eleven and was lost in the sort of security panic that happened afterwards so this will resistance have been going on for decades let's have no doubt about that and it's also been a very good way for the n.s.a. and q. to circumvent domestic laws and domestic warrant to requirements so they can spy on each other and then feed each other the same the information they need back without having to go throu
between the two countries or to correspondents or a for us in the meantime former m i five officer sean or she says despite the fact that close cooperation between the u.s. and u.k. intelligence is nothing new the latest revelations do show it all in a rather different dimension one thing that people tend to forget is there is an old program of mutual assistance which was called echelon which was exposed in the one nine hundred eighty s. and then fed into the european parliament in the one nine...
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that haven't actually solve problems that we just have to wait and see and do ok thank you very much sean tom is that so with so many players drawn into the tongo conflict the u.s. and its allies might find themselves on the same side of the fence as those they historically called enemies his own seasons the citric and i reports that i think. major aspect that's close to impossible to prevent in the syrian crisis should it get even more chaotic and unpredictable with the u.s. and western outside military involvement the likelihood of empowering al qaeda already a very powerful force in the country experts left and right are warning that the west would be fighting alongside group members in syria who at home are seen as its own main enemy in the war on terror the opposition in syria is far from unified political force members form a large chunk of this opposition attempting to get assad to step down concerns were high before that western ammunition would end up in the wrong hands because there's no way to selectively support one part of those against assad's government and not another the
that haven't actually solve problems that we just have to wait and see and do ok thank you very much sean tom is that so with so many players drawn into the tongo conflict the u.s. and its allies might find themselves on the same side of the fence as those they historically called enemies his own seasons the citric and i reports that i think. major aspect that's close to impossible to prevent in the syrian crisis should it get even more chaotic and unpredictable with the u.s. and western...
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itself is a full blown characters as a nation of a guest i recently had on the show actor and director sean stone see stone is openly critical of israeli and u.s. government policies that keep the world in perpetual state of war but the glenn beck group that are right for the blaze seem to think that's all crazy talk however all the article does is outline stones of words which frankly are.
itself is a full blown characters as a nation of a guest i recently had on the show actor and director sean stone see stone is openly critical of israeli and u.s. government policies that keep the world in perpetual state of war but the glenn beck group that are right for the blaze seem to think that's all crazy talk however all the article does is outline stones of words which frankly are.
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and live from moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us some of the world's leading telecom companies have been exposed as giving a u.k. spy agency complete access to their networks giants like verizon business vodafone cable and british telecom were among the companies on a list published by a german newspaper that's according to a fresh round of revelations from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden documents released by him suggest seven companies have been secretly providing g.c. h.q. with unlimited access to their network of undersea cables that has allowed spies to allegedly tap and store data from millions of phone calls emails and facebook chats this comes as a g.c. h.q. reportedly got one hundred million pounds from washington in exchange for access to the u.k.'s signal intelligence programs artie's first has details. those companies operate a huge share of the high capacity undersea fiber optic cables and that carries data for millions of uses now back in june the guardian newspaper has revealed details of an operation named tempera that heads it was alleged
and live from moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us some of the world's leading telecom companies have been exposed as giving a u.k. spy agency complete access to their networks giants like verizon business vodafone cable and british telecom were among the companies on a list published by a german newspaper that's according to a fresh round of revelations from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden documents released by him suggest seven companies have been secretly providing...
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intelligence report providing evidence cannot be published disrespectful to its international partners well to sean thomas has more on russia's reaction to the u.s. drums of war. president vladimir putin was addressing the press in vladivostok and he did have some strong words to say on the subject of syria he said that russia is of course against the use of chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction but in this particularly we need to wait and see for the u.n. to do their job for the investigation to come forward and that russia's position has always been then act in a lawful matter as a global community now one of the things he says is that it is ridiculous that the assad regime used weapons chemical weapons against his own people saying that under these circumstances it just doesn't call for it let's listen to what he had to say on that subject. syrian government forces are advancing in some areas they have surrounded the rebels to think that in such a time they would give a trump card for those calling for intervention. now as the u.n. chemical weapons inspection team has just left syria
intelligence report providing evidence cannot be published disrespectful to its international partners well to sean thomas has more on russia's reaction to the u.s. drums of war. president vladimir putin was addressing the press in vladivostok and he did have some strong words to say on the subject of syria he said that russia is of course against the use of chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction but in this particularly we need to wait and see for the u.n. to do their job for the...
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thomas who joins me live from central moscow so sean tell us more about russia's reaction over these building tensions in syria well bill russia is urging caution to the west saying that assigning blame and too soon over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria would be a tragic mistake in fact in a statement released on sunday the foreign ministry did not mention the u.s. by name but i'm going to read what they said it says we strongly urge those who in trying to impose their opinion on u.n. experts ahead of the results of an investigation announce the possibility of military action against syria to exercise discretion and not make tragic mistakes now again they did not mention the u.s. but this comes as a broad. bertie advisers as well as his military advisors and even spoken to the prime minister of the u.k. cameron and basically saying that they are prepared to use military action making sure they know what is on the table bear but president obama has not made a decision as of yet now russia has suggested that in these situations it can be tricky to decide who is actually res
thomas who joins me live from central moscow so sean tell us more about russia's reaction over these building tensions in syria well bill russia is urging caution to the west saying that assigning blame and too soon over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria would be a tragic mistake in fact in a statement released on sunday the foreign ministry did not mention the u.s. by name but i'm going to read what they said it says we strongly urge those who in trying to impose their opinion on...
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used chemical weapons largely as a shawn thomas has been following the briefing and joins us now live sean talk us through the key points that sergey lavrov made what exactly do you say well certainly marina sergey lavrov spoke very seriously about the situation he had knowledge. that there is a growing hysteria and a build up of military presence presence regarding the situation in syria he questioned the west's inconsistency about evidence and the chain of custody with unconvincing arguments he also said that he questioned the timing saying it was aimed at peace talks and smashing those peace talks including the new geneva two accords planned by russia and the united states jointly and he says that a build up of military power is a case of misplaced priorities saying that we've seen all of this before take a listen to what he said in his own words. to observe but we are committed to the most important provision of the g eight declaration in which the leaders expressed the need to combine the efforts of the government and the opposition to find terrorists in order to oust them from syria
used chemical weapons largely as a shawn thomas has been following the briefing and joins us now live sean talk us through the key points that sergey lavrov made what exactly do you say well certainly marina sergey lavrov spoke very seriously about the situation he had knowledge. that there is a growing hysteria and a build up of military presence presence regarding the situation in syria he questioned the west's inconsistency about evidence and the chain of custody with unconvincing arguments...
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she heard from our correspondent sean thomas a little earlier about the briefing. sergey lavrov was very direct in his press conference outlining key concerns about the rhetoric that the west is using in fact he says that they say that they are sure that chemical weapons have been used by the assad regime but they have not yet presented convincing evidence to support that it was assad's regime that used the chemical weapons but they keep saying that they crossed this red line the famous red line and it's quite clear that the syrian government had neither political nor military reasons to resort to chemical weapons during which u.n. experts were working with when the regime had the upper hand on the ground i'm going to russia u.s. meeting on preparing the geneva conference was to take place how exactly would the syrian government benefit from using chemical weapons in such circumstances he said that mass hysteria surrounding the syrian crisis is aimed mainly at disrupting the peace process and that would include the new geneva two talks that were orchestrated by rus
she heard from our correspondent sean thomas a little earlier about the briefing. sergey lavrov was very direct in his press conference outlining key concerns about the rhetoric that the west is using in fact he says that they say that they are sure that chemical weapons have been used by the assad regime but they have not yet presented convincing evidence to support that it was assad's regime that used the chemical weapons but they keep saying that they crossed this red line the famous red...
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are absolutely no grounds for action against his country joining me live and now it is our cheese or sean thomas xan it looks like the syrian war could soon turn phase the sort of libya style invasion or what's the president saying on this matter well not necessarily a little libya style invasion as of yet but if the president bashar al assad enters into. view directly refuted international claims of allegedly chemical weapons use in his country and his forces using it against his people this all comes after last week the n.-g. o. doctors without borders claimed that in three of their hospitals they treated masses of people who exhibited symptoms of it neurotoxins and of course the u.n. inspectors are in country right now getting ready to do inspections to find out if there is any validity to these claims that weapons chemical weapons have been used against the people in syria bashar al assad in his interview said that it just doesn't make sense that refutes the logic this is what he had to say. statements made by the u.s. and other politicians violate common sense and ignore public opini
are absolutely no grounds for action against his country joining me live and now it is our cheese or sean thomas xan it looks like the syrian war could soon turn phase the sort of libya style invasion or what's the president saying on this matter well not necessarily a little libya style invasion as of yet but if the president bashar al assad enters into. view directly refuted international claims of allegedly chemical weapons use in his country and his forces using it against his people this...
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proceeds with a military intervention sean thomas has more on moscow's concerns. well russia is urging the western powers to use caution not to jump to conclusions and judge too soon to avoid it tragic mistakes when it comes to be alleged use of chemical weapons in syria now russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov called his counterpart in the united states and john kerry to draw attention to the implications of what could happen if there was military intervention specifically for the middle east and for all of northern africa in fact lavrov told kerry that calls from the west to use military intervention in syria bypassing un efforts is basically wiping out joint efforts by the united states and russia to meet in geneva to try and come up with a viable solution to the syrian crisis now while not mentioned specifically by name on sunday the foreign ministry sent out a statement basically asking all parties who might be considering military intervention to use caution because they need any intervention or any action needs to be done with international law in mind u
proceeds with a military intervention sean thomas has more on moscow's concerns. well russia is urging the western powers to use caution not to jump to conclusions and judge too soon to avoid it tragic mistakes when it comes to be alleged use of chemical weapons in syria now russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov called his counterpart in the united states and john kerry to draw attention to the implications of what could happen if there was military intervention specifically for the middle...
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sean thomas there will despite the harsh rhetoric against the syrian government and the u.s. military waiting for a green light to attack it appears that americans don't want an intervention and here's what the latest poll has revealed there from the states just nine percent of u.s. citizens who took part in the survey do want their president to act but about sixty percent say that america should not stay away or i should say should stay away from the civil war there in syria when asked about washington support for the opposition about one tenth said that obama should do more for the rebels than just send them arms while almost eighty percent i should say ninety percent don't want america to help the opposition well meanwhile medical charity doctors without borders say that they receive more than three thousand patients suffering from intoxication on wednesday when the chemical assault was reported three hundred fifty five of them died but exactly who was behind the attack it's still hard to verify this is the rebel group say they've got their largest shipment of weapons in t
sean thomas there will despite the harsh rhetoric against the syrian government and the u.s. military waiting for a green light to attack it appears that americans don't want an intervention and here's what the latest poll has revealed there from the states just nine percent of u.s. citizens who took part in the survey do want their president to act but about sixty percent say that america should not stay away or i should say should stay away from the civil war there in syria when asked about...
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involved need to exercise caution and go through legal channels to find a solution to the problem in syria sean thomas there well the u.s. and many of its allies seem impatient to wait for the u.n. findings with american warships already converging near the water on state the british are prepared to join into. looks next to where their confidence comes from in blaming the syrian government for using chemical weapons and where it might lead . united nations experts are in syria to investigate whether chemical weapons were used during the ongoing conflict finally but even before they start a senior u.s. administration official has said there is very little doubt that chemical weapons were used by the syrian regime against civilians these are the arguments we have told were given to president obama as proof the reported number of victims talkin the number explain how they see during world war two up to eighteen million people were killed what does that tell us about how they died the next argument the american administration says leaves them in little doubt assad attacked his own people with chemi
involved need to exercise caution and go through legal channels to find a solution to the problem in syria sean thomas there well the u.s. and many of its allies seem impatient to wait for the u.n. findings with american warships already converging near the water on state the british are prepared to join into. looks next to where their confidence comes from in blaming the syrian government for using chemical weapons and where it might lead . united nations experts are in syria to investigate...
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regime used chemical weapons are to shawn thomas has been following the briefing and joins us now so sean one exactly doesn't russia share the west believe that the assad regime is behind the attack well sergey lavrov was very direct in his press conference outlining key concerns about the rhetoric that the west is using in fact he says. that they say that they are sure that chemical weapons have been used by the assad regime but they have not yet presented convincing evidence to support that it was assad's regime that used the chemical weapons but they keep saying that they crossed this red line the famous red line they also say it is a mistake for the west to assume all roles when it comes to the situation whether it's investigator judge jury and even in some cases as the u.n. security council he said that mass hysteria surrounding the syrian crisis is aimed mainly at disrupting the peace process and that would include the new geneva two talks that were orchestrated by russia and the united states jointly and that this is just basically an attempt to do rail that also using force in syr
regime used chemical weapons are to shawn thomas has been following the briefing and joins us now so sean one exactly doesn't russia share the west believe that the assad regime is behind the attack well sergey lavrov was very direct in his press conference outlining key concerns about the rhetoric that the west is using in fact he says. that they say that they are sure that chemical weapons have been used by the assad regime but they have not yet presented convincing evidence to support that...
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for finger pointing without gathering any proof sean thomas has the details the president bashar al assad in his interview directly refuted international claims of allegedly chemical weapons use and his forces using it against his people the bashar al assad in his interview said that it just doesn't make sense that refutes logic this is what he had to say. statements made by the u.s. and other political violate common sense and ignore public opinion in their own countries it's known since they threw accusations first and collect evidence later and the one doing this is the us a powerful country now the military option has always been on the table in fact the western powers have been trying to go through the u.n. channels to get some sort of a military intervention however this has been blocked at the u.n. security council by china and by russia also the western powers are kind of sitting on the fence recognizing the fact that there are al qaeda linked groups among the syrian rebels and so by backing the rebels they're actually backing al-qaeda so they wouldn't be fighting terrorists as we
for finger pointing without gathering any proof sean thomas has the details the president bashar al assad in his interview directly refuted international claims of allegedly chemical weapons use and his forces using it against his people the bashar al assad in his interview said that it just doesn't make sense that refutes logic this is what he had to say. statements made by the u.s. and other political violate common sense and ignore public opinion in their own countries it's known since they...
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spirited debate that happened last week in the parliament will happen in the united states as well sean thanks a lot for that live update there from central told us well meanwhile antiwar protesters have been demonstrating around the world against this imminent strike on syria more than a thousand protesters in london chanted hands off syria that was before obama left no doubt the country will be a target there were similar scenes in germany close to the same amount of antiwar activists there said only a sovereign and independent syria free of foreign interference would make peace possible and that sentiment was also echoed paris' will supporters of syria were out in force in turkey as well well pepe escobar is an asia times roving correspondent who's covered the syrian conflict since it began almost two and a half years ago joins us live now to talk about obama's announcement pepe a lot of world reaction from people who are against it even the reuters poll which we've been following here on r t says many americans are against any intervention of yes they have made no final decision so
spirited debate that happened last week in the parliament will happen in the united states as well sean thanks a lot for that live update there from central told us well meanwhile antiwar protesters have been demonstrating around the world against this imminent strike on syria more than a thousand protesters in london chanted hands off syria that was before obama left no doubt the country will be a target there were similar scenes in germany close to the same amount of antiwar activists there...
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or to sean thomas there well before obama made it certain that he wants a limited attack on syria washington's already had a lot of naval power on standby in the mediterranean he says he wants to talk to congress about it but the healths will only be back from its break on september ninth something i mentioned a little earlier well five american destroyers are ready to attack whenever the order is given and the u.s.s. san antonio now that's a warship with several hundred marines on board also joined them late on friday obama said that there will be no boots on the ground in syria echoing earlier u.s. claims that these troops on board will not see any action the ship is there as a precaution so they say the other five vessels though pack some major firepower each of them can carry up to ninety tomahawk guided missiles they can strike syria from a distance keeping the destroyers themselves safe from the countries and teach ship missiles of all let's nail some up the latest developments on syria for you know president obama has said that he does not want that he does want a limited military strik
or to sean thomas there well before obama made it certain that he wants a limited attack on syria washington's already had a lot of naval power on standby in the mediterranean he says he wants to talk to congress about it but the healths will only be back from its break on september ninth something i mentioned a little earlier well five american destroyers are ready to attack whenever the order is given and the u.s.s. san antonio now that's a warship with several hundred marines on board also...
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nonsense he also cautioned obama about the fallout from getting involved in syria militarily artie's sean thomas has more on moscow's reaction. president vladimir putin spoke to reporters and bloody vostok here in russia and had some strong clear words about the situation in syria first of all he said all of this talk of strikes and military intervention from the west is he is certain because the syrian regime is making advances against the rebels and it's a tactic or a technique to try and turn the tide of the civil war in syria to the rebels side he also said that the idea of the government the assad regime using chemical weapons is absurd seascape. syrian government forces are advancing in some areas they've surrounded the rebels to think that in such a time they would give a trump card for those calling for intervention is. now the president went on to say that of course russia is against the idea of weapons of mass destruction specifically chemical weapons and in this case and particularly that the global community needs to wait until the u.n. investigation team results are in and he
nonsense he also cautioned obama about the fallout from getting involved in syria militarily artie's sean thomas has more on moscow's reaction. president vladimir putin spoke to reporters and bloody vostok here in russia and had some strong clear words about the situation in syria first of all he said all of this talk of strikes and military intervention from the west is he is certain because the syrian regime is making advances against the rebels and it's a tactic or a technique to try and...
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or to sean thomas there for more let's not cross live to phyllis bennis she's director of the institute for policy studies written extensively on the middle east and the u.s. foreign policy joining us live from washington for us what a bomber he's really under public pressure and also his major allies the u.k. and nato. intervention at just how much that these factors impact on his decision to consult congress. i think it played a major role i think the fact he was prepared to go without a united nations resolution which of course would make any military strike illegal but he was counting on certainly the brits he was counting on the u.k. to come on board i think he was quite blindsided by that decision by the british parliament and then to find out that nato said no and that the arab league said no france isn't quite enough as an international ally i think all of that plus the fact that almost two hundred members of congress have signed letters in recent days demanding that there be some consultation with congress all of that pushed him to recognize that he could not just go ahead with
or to sean thomas there for more let's not cross live to phyllis bennis she's director of the institute for policy studies written extensively on the middle east and the u.s. foreign policy joining us live from washington for us what a bomber he's really under public pressure and also his major allies the u.k. and nato. intervention at just how much that these factors impact on his decision to consult congress. i think it played a major role i think the fact he was prepared to go without a...
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inspectors obviously not the final report because that won't be as sean said available for another few days and then they're all to going to talk about whether to push ahead with a military strike following that on thursday and he's will meet in parliament being recalled from the summer holiday and they will be given a chance to vote to discuss and to vote on what they think should be done however we have from inside is that cameron's aides are already seeking to justify military action by saying that the u.s. and the u.k. have clear evidence that it was the syrian government that used chemical weapons also downing street is saying that the u.s. and the u.k. won't necessarily be bound by what the u.n. inspectors are saying they're indicating that military action could go ahead even without the final report from the u.n. inspectors even without firm evidence that it was the assad regime that perpetrated the use of chemical weapons and also britain's made clear that it would consider going ahead without a u.n. resolution foreign minister william hague says that the use of chemical weapon
inspectors obviously not the final report because that won't be as sean said available for another few days and then they're all to going to talk about whether to push ahead with a military strike following that on thursday and he's will meet in parliament being recalled from the summer holiday and they will be given a chance to vote to discuss and to vote on what they think should be done however we have from inside is that cameron's aides are already seeking to justify military action by...
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offensive against the war torn country despite warnings from russia and the un was get more from our to sean thomas who joins me live now. so shannon what do we know at this point about the un's position on events in syria so far will certainly bring me who is the u.n. envoy and of the arab league envoy on the situation in syria spoke in geneva on wednesday saying that any military action in the world should be carried out only with the u.n. security council's sanction as stipulated by international law very clear and direct in his message he did say that evidence suggests that some chemical substance was used to killing hundreds in syria but that they did not on the ground examine any proof that shows that it was of the syrian government behind those chemical weapons attacks and of course one thing that has been reiterated time and again is that this team that is in syria from the u.n. there to determine if chemical weapons were used but not assign blame if the u.n. security council's job to then look at that evidence and decide what action should be taken u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon
offensive against the war torn country despite warnings from russia and the un was get more from our to sean thomas who joins me live now. so shannon what do we know at this point about the un's position on events in syria so far will certainly bring me who is the u.n. envoy and of the arab league envoy on the situation in syria spoke in geneva on wednesday saying that any military action in the world should be carried out only with the u.n. security council's sanction as stipulated by...